Member Since 2012
Mathew A. Barlow
Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Dr. Barlow is a Professor of Climate Science at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. His research interests focus on the influence of large-scale climate variability and change on local conditions of importance to society, with an emphasis on extreme weather events. He has contributed to climate assessments as a Lead Author in Working Group I for the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) and as the precipitation team leader for the 2016 and 2022 Boston climate reports.
Professional Experience
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Professor
2005 - Present
Education
University of Maryland
Doctorate
1999
Honors & Awards
Voices for Science
Received April 2024
Dr. Barlow is a Professor of Climate Science in the Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. His research interests focus on the influence of large-scale climate variability and change on ...
Dr. Barlow is a Professor of Climate Science in the Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. His research interests focus on the influence of large-scale climate variability and change on local conditions of importance to society, with an emphasis on extreme events, in locations ranging from the Northeast US to the Middle East. He has contributed to climate assessments as a Lead Author in Working Group I for the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) and as the precipitation team leader for the 2016 and 2022 Boston climate reports.
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The “Polar Vortex” Winter of 2013/2014
The term “polar vortex” remained largely a technical term until early January 2014 when the United States (US) media used it to describ...
September 02, 2022
Disruptions of El Nino-Southern Oscillation Teleconnections ...
February 07, 2014
Is the North American monsoon self-limiting?
August 28, 2013
Asymmetric seasonal temperature trends
February 25, 2012
Influence of hurricane-related activity on North American ex...
February 22, 2011
AGU Abstracts
Simulation of Flash Droughts Characteristics Across the U.S. Shaped by Vegetation
DROUGHT: MECHANISMS AND IMPACTS IN THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE I POSTER
global environmental change | 14 december 2023
Ali Fallahmaraghi, Mathew A. Barlow, Laurie A. Age...
Predicting and managing the costly impacts of flash droughts is difficult owing to their rapid onset and intensification. Flash drought monitoring ten...
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Disentangling the Uncertainty in Flash Drought Definition and the Role of Near Real Time Vegetation Information
DROUGHT: MECHANISMS AND IMPACTS IN THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE V ORAL
global environmental change | 16 december 2022
Ali Fallahmaraghi, Mathew A. Barlow, Laurie A. Age...
Flash droughts (FDs) are droughts with rapid onset and intensification. Considerable uncertainty in our understanding of FD exists in part because of ...
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The “Polar Vortex” Winter of 2013/14
EXTRATROPICAL AND HIGH-LATITUDE STORM TRACKS, CIRCULATION DYNAMICS, AND EXTREME EVENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF RAPIDLY CHANGING ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC CLIMATE I ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 13 december 2021
Judah L. Cohen, Laurie A. Agel, Mathew A. Barlow, ...
The term polar vortex remained largely a technical term until early January 2014 when the United States (US) media used it to describe an historical c...
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